Iran’s nuclear capacity grows

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Iran has tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November. The United Nations reported Tuesday that the Islamic republic has 2,250 pounds of the nuclear material, far more than the 660-pound limit allowed under the 2015 deal with world powers. Iran broke the terms of the deal after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of it in 2018.

Can Iran make a nuclear weapon? The large stockpile brings Iran close, but the country insisted it has no plans to do so. The UN International Atomic Energy Agency criticized Iran for refusing to provide access to or answer questions about some unidentified potential nuclear locations.

Dig deeper: Read Mindy Belz’s Globe Trot report about Iran’s arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq.

Onize Oduah

Onize is WORLD’s Africa reporter and deputy global desk chief. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University–Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria.

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